308 Polyxo
Polyxo (minor planet designation: 308 Polyxo) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by A. Borrelly on March 31, 1891, in Marseilles. It is classified as a rare T-type asteroid.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Borrelly |
| Discovery date | 31 March 1891 |
| Designations | |
| (308) Polyxo | |
| Pronunciation | /pəˈlɪksoʊ/[1] |
Named after | Πολυξώ Polyxō |
| Main belt | |
| Adjectives | Polyxoian /pɒlɪkˈsoʊiən/ |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 124.63 yr (45521 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.85974 AU (427.811 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.63975 AU (394.901 Gm) |
| 2.74975 AU (411.357 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.040003 |
| 4.56 yr (1665.5 d) | |
| 70.4189° | |
| 0° 12m 58.158s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.36141° |
| 181.727° | |
| 115.501° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 140.69±3.8 km[2] 130 km[3] |
| 12.029 h (0.5012 d) | |
| 0.0482±0.003 | |
| T | |
| 8.17 | |
Photometric measurements reported in 1983 give a rotation period of 12.03 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 in magnitude. The adaptive optics instrument at the W. M. Keck Observatory shows an oblate object with a diameter of 130 km. The size ratio between the major and minor axes is 1.26 ± 0.11.[3]
References
- Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- "308 Polyxo". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
- Marchis, F.; et al. (November 2006), "Shape, size and multiplicity of main-belt asteroids. I. Keck Adaptive Optics survey", Icarus, 185 (1), pp. 39–63, Bibcode:2006Icar..185...39M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.001, PMC 2600456, PMID 19081813, retrieved 27 March 2013.
External links
- 308 Polyxo at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 308 Polyxo at the JPL Small-Body Database
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